Rheingold's Virtual Reality: Summary Virtual Reality is a book about the virtual reality technology. The technology holds great promise and excitement for both science and entertainment. Rheingold, the author, spends most of the book describing his various experiences with virtual reality. he uses his experience as a professional in the computer industry to note important observations and explain the components he comes across working with the different VR teams and he manages to do it with out putting you to sleep. Rheingold gives us a guided tour of VR research and commercial sites and talks to the key players